The 5 of July it was faire weather, the wind west south-west. The same day dyed John Franson [1328] of Harlem (Claes Adrians [1329] nephew, that dyed the same day when William Barents dyed [1330]), the sunne being then about north north-west; at which time the ice came mightily driuing in vpon vs, and then sixe of our men went into the land, and there fetcht some fire-wood to dresse our meate. The 6 of July it was misty weather, but about euening it began to cleere vp, and the wind was south-east, which put vs in some comfort, and yet we lay fast vpon the ice. The 7 of July it was faire weather with some raine, the wind west south-west, and at euening west and by north. Then wee went to the open water, and there killed [1331] thirteene birds, which wee tooke vppon a peece of driuing ice, [1332] and layd them vpon the fast ice. The 8 of July it was close [1333] misty weather; then we drest the foules [1334] which we had killed, which gaue us a princely mealetide. [1335] In the euening there blew a fresh gale of wind, out of the north-east, which put vs in great comfort to get from thence. The 9 of July, in the morning, the ice began to driue, whereby we got open water on the land side, and then also the fast ice whereon we lay began to driue; whereupon the master and ye men went to fetch the pack and the chest that stood vpon the ice, to put them into the scute, and then drew the scutes to the water at least 340 paces, which was hard for vs to do, in regard that the labour was great and we very weake. And when the sun was south south-east we set saile with an east wind; but when the sunne was west we were forced to make towards the fast ice againe, because thereabouts it was not yet gon; [1336] ye wind being south and came right from the land, whereby we were in good hope that it would driue awaye, and that we should proceede in our voyage.